Meghan Trainor (1) – Week Of September 20, 2014

My two favorite gay singers took over Hits 1 this weekend. How exciting. Bad things happened on the countdown. But good things happened on Hit-Bound. Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.

• Kiesza – Hideaway (#32)
• Rixton – Me and My Broken Heart (#37)
• Ed Sheeran – Sing (#41)
• Nico and Vinz – Am I Wrong (#42) [Nooo!!!]

Last Week's #1 Song: Maroon 5 – Maps

The Countdown

45. Bleachers – I Wanna Get Better (#45)

44. T. Mills – All I Wanna Do (#44)

43. G.R.L. – Ugly Heart (DEBUT)

42. Kalin and Myles – Love Robbery (#38)

41. Rita Ora – I Will Never Let You Down (#43)

40. 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect (#27)

39. Betty Who – Somebody Loves You (DEBUT)

38. Ariana Grande – Problem (#23)

37. Rixton – Wait On Me (DEBUT)

36. Disclosure/Sam Smith – Latch (#36)

35. MKTO – American Dream (DEBUT)

34. Magic! – Rude (#40)

33. Fall Out Boy – Young Volcanoes (#8)

32. Kim Cesarion – Undressed (#26)

31. OneRepublic – Counting Stars (#31)

30. Nicki Minaj – Anaconda (#30)

29. Kongos – Come With Me Now (#19)

28. Pitbull/John Ryan – Fireball (#22)

27. The 1975 – Girls (#33)

26. Jason Derulo – Trumpets (#34)

25. Becky G – Shower (#29)

24. Clean Bandit/Jess Glynne – Rather Be (#28)

23. Heymous Molly – Life's A Beach (#25)

22. Enrique Iglesias/Sean Paul – Bailando (#18)

21. Tove Lo – Habits (Stay High) (#21)

20. Iggy Azalea/Rita Ora – Black Widow (#24)

19. Jesse McCartney – Superbad (#39)

18. Charli XCX – Boom Clap (#16)

17. Coldplay – A Sky Full Of Stars (#15)

16. Demi Lovato/Cher Lloyd – Really Don't Care (#10)

15. Ingrid Michaelson – Girls Chase Boys (#17)

14. Jessie J/Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang (#14)

13. Fall Out Boy – Centuries (#35)

12. Sia – Chandelier (#20)

11. Sam Smith – Stay With Me (#3)

10. Katy Perry – This Is How We Do (#9)

  9. OneRepublic – Love Runs Out (#13)

  8. Iggy Azalea/Charli XCX – Fancy (#6)

  7. Echosmith – Cool Kids (#11)

  6. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Amnesia (#12)

  5. Ed Sheeran – Don't (#7)

  4. Ariana Grande/Zedd – Break Free (#4)

  3. Taylor Swift – Shake It Off (#5)

  2. Maroon 5 – Maps (#1)

  1. Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass (#2) [1st Week At #1]

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Fall Out Boy – Young Volcanoes (–25)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Fall Out Boy – Centuries (+22)

New Entrants

~ MKTO are back! They brought American Dream! It's catchy and I think they'll do well because of the success Classic had. It was almost on this countdown for a full year.

~ G.R.L. – Ugly Heart is also pretty good. I like it. That's all.

~ Betty Who finally debuted with Somebody Loves You. This song is also really good. Betty Who needs more recognition. Her song with Peter Thomas called All Of You was on Hit-Bound at some point, but never debuted, sadly. But at least we have this.

~ Finally, we come to Rixton – Wait On Me. This is really good compared to inferior Me and My Broken Heart. Kinda like how Ed Sheeran – Don't is superior to Sing. But the point is, Wait On Me is really good and I expect some success from it.

Hit-Bound

~ Calvin Harris/John Newman – Blame is on Hit-Bound!!! YES!!!!! Debut the countdown soon please.

~ Mary Lambert hosted Hit-Bound. She was fun to listen to.

~ Maroon 5 – Animals is on Hit-Bound.

~ Here's the Hit-Bound list:

• Calvin Harris/John Newman – Blame
• Ella Henderson – Ghost
• R5 – Heart Made Up On You
• Jake Miller – First Flight Home
• Sam Smith – I'm Not The Only One
• Nick Jonas – Jealous
• Mary Lambert – Secrets
• Cobra Starship/Icona Pop – Never Been In Love
• Maroon 5 – Animals
• Bebe Rexha – I Can't Stop Drinking About You
• Bastille – Flaws
• The Vamps/Demi Lovato – Somebody To You
• Childish Gambino – 3005
• One Direction – Fireproof
• Brantley Gilbert – Bottoms Up

Top 5 Hit-Bound

1. Calvin Harris/John Newman – Blame

2. Nick Jonas – Jealous

3. Cobra Starship/Icona Pop – Never Been In Love

4. Sam Smith – I'm Not The Only One

5. Mary Lambert – Secrets

The American Blurb

~ Hits 1 must've realized Kiesza – Hideaway doesn't belong on their radio station or their countdown. 'Cause they kicked it out after lasting only two weeks. 

~ F**K YOU MEGHAN TRAINOR!!! F**K YOU!!! (That's all I have to say.)

~ Nico and Vinz – Am I Wrong left after being in the Top 10 two weeks ago. And Magic! – Rude is still here. Completely unacceptable.

~ Sia – Chandelier, a song that spent a lot of time in the bottom half of the countdown, is now #12. It's looking at an extended stay in the teens.

~ Having Bang Bang, Break Free, and Anaconda all on the countdown is gonna be a Problem*. All because of the countdown's silly rule of having songs by the same artist close to each other. You can see that happening with Ariana Grande and Charli XCX.

*See what I did there? :D

~ Sam Smith hosted the Weekend Countdown. Overall, he did a pretty good job. I love how generous he was and allowed his song to drop out of the Top 10.

~ Nothing changed between Rixton and #37.

~ Pitbull/John Ryan – Fireball is going the wrong way. Same with Bailando.

~ Taylor Swift – Shake It Off is getting closer to that #1 spot. Hopefully, we'll see it take over. Ummm......now please.

~ It's time to reveal the Top 3 for your 2014 Summer Voting Competition. Here are the two songs that (sadly) left.

• Nico and Vinz – Am I Wrong
• OneRepublic – Love Runs Out

And now here are the Top 3 Contenders:

• Enrique Iglesias/Sean Paul – Bailando
• Florida Georgia Line/Jason Derulo/Luke Bryan – This Is How We Roll
• Becky G – Shower

We're at the final voting week. The last and final poll is up. So get voting for your favorite song!

~ Two songs you guys should listen to are (because they are interesting): Brantley Gilbert/Justin Moore/Thomas Rhett – Small Town Throwdown and Lindsey Stirling/Lzzy Hale – Shatter Me

~ Best song on Jenna Marbles' #YouTube15: The Vamps/Shawn Mendes – Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart)

My Top 5 Picks
1. Taylor Swift – Shake It Off
2. Enrique Iglesias/Sean Paul – Bailando
3. Jessie J/Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang
4. Rixton – Wait On Me
5. MKTO – American Dream